BIG GUIDE TO BBQ (What to buy Help)

I'm after a green and a burgundy weber kettle to complete my collection. I have a blue, brown, red and black. All early to mid eighties examples with wooden handles.
If anyone has one, it'd honestly mean a lot if you can get in touch.

I'm after a green and a burgundy weber kettle to complete my collection. I have a blue, brown, red and black. All early to mid eighties examples with wooden handles.
If anyone has one, it'd honestly mean a lot if you can get in touch.

Cheers
Jim

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Have you tried the Weber Kettle Club Australia on fb?
Someone will probs snipe it on there if someone offers one and then they all be untangling their panties

I did a lot of research on pellet grills (ended up going with a vertical), however the GMG Daniel Boone is a far superior unit in my opinion.

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Cheers for that, it's not something I'd ever considered or looked at to be honest. Will investigate it as an option. I do have a fondness for the connected gadgets - have ever since I got a stoker way back when.

After something for my balcony. It's an open balcony with plenty of ventilation above. Walls are cement so nothing in range for catching fire.

Unsure what to look at. I'm a pretty basic bbq-er. Going to have some snags, various marinated meats (lamb, chicken, beef, pork - you know the drill), and maybe the odd ribs here and there.

Budget sits anywhere from $150-400 depending on how I'm swayed by every ones opinion... That being said, I was looking at something like the Weber Q2000 because of popularity, brand reputation and such.

A little research shows the Premium Q2200 which has a taller hood (for roasting chickens) and a thermometer. Do I need a thermometer specifically for the weber cooking? Or do I stick with the Q2000 if the thermometer is just a tool I can learn not to need/use since I won't ever be roasting. I've never really done closed hood cooking so unsure if the Weber Q in general is necessary. Do I abandon the closed hood method and just keep it simple, and go for a much cheaper bbq that'll just grill ?

Or is there a reason the Weber is up there, and I should be convinced to get one and embrace closed hood cooking.

What other options can I go for?

I know these are some stupid questions but convince me to either get a Weber Q or don't - and if so, what? If I don't need to get a 'premium' bbq for basic grillin' give me some best bang for buck.

No idea when it comes to those Weber Q's but keep in mind adding a thermometer after the fact is really only 5 minutes of time, a drill and $3-$5 for a suitable thermometer. So don't let that and that alone sway you too much.

There are goodness knows how many grey nomads and other travellers carting around it's smaller sibling Baby Q, and for good reason. Plenty of alternatives on offer, but none of them match Weber for build quality and reliability.

If you're using electricity or gas, you're not bbq'ing or a real man.
Get a GA

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What's a GA?

Gotta remember this is on a relatively smallish balcony, and although yes I could still use coal and such - it would be quite a mess to dispose of the ashes(?) and cleaning the bbq would be much harder.

Hence why I plan to only get a very small kettle coal bbq for skewers that won't be as difficult to clean and manage.

Gotta remember this is on a relatively smallish balcony, and although yes I could still use coal and such - it would be quite a mess to dispose of the ashes(?) and cleaning the bbq would be much harder.

Hence why I plan to only get a very small kettle coal bbq for skewers that won't be as difficult to clean and manage.